The photos in this post were taken at our old city house. For those of you that sent condolences on the loss of my sewing machine, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. There wasn’t much of a service, just me saying, “Oh crap!” over the corpse. But I moved on to a new love. […]
Archives for August 2012
Favorite Little Things
I have some adorable little things that get lost when I do a blog post on the room, so I thought I would highlight here. This adorable little clay angel bell is from my friend Peggy, click here. We were at the Round Top Antique Show and she knew that I liked it. One of […]
Breakfast room Refresh
After dreading this project for two months, I finally bit the bullet and tackled painting two rooms in my house. Am I the only one who dreads painting rooms? It’s one thing getting out the paint brushes for a chair or box, but to take everything off the wall, put drop cloths on the floor, […]
Shabby Chic Couture Pillows
So I was in Round Top with my prayer group recently and decided we should just pop in at Rachel Ashwell’s Shabby Chic Couture Shop. We were rewarded with the shop keeper opening the shop for a private visit, just for us!! But I don’t recommend a pop in, since I think she lives in Austin, and […]
Antique Linens
I just discovered the most amazing thing, that you can buy beautiful antique French bed linens on eBay for less than $100. Well I did find this fabulous bedding that I have folded over my duvet at the foot of my bed on eBay for about $75. I loved the bedding so much, I decided […]
Chair-licious
Okay, I know I’m scraping the bottom of the barrel on the post title, but I’m still recovering from my three days of painting. It’s probably difficult to see in the photos, but these chairs (all six of them x 4 legs each) were painted by moi. To prove it, I am showing a close-up […]
Guest room fluffing
I have seen so many beautiful baskets in blogland, and I love the casually elegant and warm feel they give a room. And so when I found this basket at Joss and Main, I knew it was coming home to my house. I put it on a luggage rack at the foot of the guest […]